A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
All which is not prose is verse; and all which is not verse is prose.
There's nothing quite like tobacco: it's the passion of decent folk, and whoever lives without tobacco doesn't deserve to live.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
I feed on good soup, not beautiful language.
I live on good soup, not on fine words.
